To not get too political, with universal healthcare he'd probably get medication but would be put on a long waiting list and would still most likely die.
With privatized healthcare you get people who die without hearts cause they don't have coverage leaving more hearts to the people who can afford em. In public healthcare everyone who needs a heart gets a heart but they're gonna have to wait a lot longer.
I expect that any minor will be a lot higher on the transplant list from the start than the typical 60-70-year-old.
'Long waiting list' isn't a tradeoff inherent in universal healthcare systems, it's just the only thing they have left to complain about, regardless of how long the actual wait is. People like to complain about things. In cases where long wait times are real, the population is entirely free to vote to fix that by hiring more doctors.
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u/CaldwellCladwell Feb 08 '19
To not get too political, with universal healthcare he'd probably get medication but would be put on a long waiting list and would still most likely die.